Archive - Dec 14, 2009

• The bank with the worst balance sheet remembers it is bonus time, systemic risk be screwed, pays back TARP (Bloomberg)
• Matt Taibbi takes on... Steve Liesman in a blast from the past (The Nation)
• And all is good again: Nakheel bonds double from 51 to 109.5 (Bloomberg)
• Exxon to buy XTO energy for $31 billion in stock, not a single dollar in cash (Bloomberg)
• Goldman fueled AIG gamles (WSJ)
• Tullett Prebon will help brokers move out of U.K. (Bloomberg)

RANsquawk 14th December Morning Briefing - Stocks, Bonds, FX etc. (Dubai Bailout Special)

• Asian markets rebounded Monday after Dubai received $10B in financing from Abu Dhabi.
• China launches landmark natural gas pipeline tapping into Central Asia's vast reserves.
• Dubai gets $10B in financing from Abu Dhabi, part to be used to pay down Dubai World debt.
• Euro gains after Dubai gets $10 billion of aid from Abu Dhabi.
• France's Sarkozy to unveil details of euro35B plan to spur investment in universities.
• Germany's budget sees a record of $125B in new borrowing next year, spending rise of 10.5%.

RANsquawk 14th December Morning Briefing - Stocks, Bonds, FX etc.

I am back from my brief blogging hiatus and not surprisingly, all of the nutty things going on in the financial markets have not magically reversed themselves. So, after some separation from the markets I have made a list of the things I think make the least sense and would impact investors in a meaningful way if the current trends turned around.